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Just producing a meal often required expending energy ....catching the chicken and killing it for the supper meal, hauling water from the well or other source, .bringing in the wood or coal to keep the fire going.
I raise poultry and I used to do my own butchering. I can testify that I have never been so exhausted in my life as after a full day of butchering. Every muscle in your body is sore, and the last thing on your mind is eating. I
did lose a lot of weight when I was doing that every weekend, come to think of it.